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| Larry Wolf, Lost Garden Newsprint Grid (2026) source photo: Lost Garden Aerial View 1944? HGL - 24 neg (1 of 2), University of Illinois Archive RS 31/13/5 Box 6 Negatives |
… one garden remained to be built. This one would not be as grand, but would reflect Robert’s new comfort and casual joy among friends he held dear.
... While John was given free rein to design specific projects, much of their creativity grew from collaboration.
... in May 1972 John found a pile of ashes where the Lost Garden Pavilion once stood. ... angry ... miscommunications ...
Along the overgrown path, only vacant concrete slabs -- and perhaps the whispering ghosts of ... long-gone friends -- suggest the site ever harbored a special retreat.
Martha Burgin, Maureen Holtz: Robert Allerton, The Private Man & The Public Gifts (2009)